Thank you for the very comprehensive question. I'll try to summarize it all well.
We did see progress since our last audit, as you correctly noted. There was an increase in inspections, better follow-up on corrective measures, and a risk-based approach to determining the audits of safety management systems. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, the department just needs to continue going further. Increasing all of that activity is great; however, you need to now decide whether or not those activities were inspecting the right things, whether they are the right things, and whether or not all of the increase is actually having an impact on improving rail safety.
I do believe—and I stand by my statements—that we should be concerned about the safety of Canadians until we know that the safety management systems that are creating that culture of safety are effective and that the oversight activities of Transport Canada are also contributing to that effective increase in safety.